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The Berkeley Wire: 08.26.13 27 Aug 2013 | 05:05 am
Berkeley sunset. Photo: Kathy Berkeley mourns camp ravaged by Rim Fire (SF Chronicle) UC Berkeley’s new Chancellor prepares for first semester at Cal (Mercury News) Berkeley capoeira group to bicycle...
Berkeleyside Police Blotter: Crime in Berkeley, Aug. 15-21 27 Aug 2013 | 04:00 am
Selected calls for service to the Berkeley Police, via CrimeMapping.com. (Scroll down for maps of burglaries, auto burglaries and auto thefts.) Blue icons with a white mask are robberies. Red icons sh...
Electric bike rental program coming to Berkeley in 2014 27 Aug 2013 | 02:30 am
Electric bike-sharing will be coming in the spring of 2014 to Berkeley. Photo: Credit: Self Trading/Creative Commons Electric bikes will soon be easier to rent in Berkeley. City CarShare, the organi...
Parking losses, lane changes possible in Line 51 overhaul 27 Aug 2013 | 12:58 am
AC Transit is taking steps designed to improve service on Line 51. Photo: Paul Sullivan Two community meetings are scheduled this week to collect public input on proposed changes to AC Transit’s Line...
Chef Stephane Tonnelier takes the helm at Five 26 Aug 2013 | 11:30 pm
Chef Stephane Tonnelier, who has taken over as executive chef at Five in Berkeley. Photo: Courtesy of Five restaurant Three and a half months after Chef Banks White left Five restaurant at Berkeley’s...
School pride on display at Berkeley High reunion 26 Aug 2013 | 10:00 pm
Thousands gathered Saturday for the second annual Berkeley High School All-Class reunion. The class of 1971 set up an elaborate reunion booth. Scroll to the bottom of this post to view a set of photog...
Breaking: Berkeley Tuolumne Family Camp burns 26 Aug 2013 | 09:15 am
The Berkeley-run Tuolumne Family Camp, which, according to several different reports, burned on Sunday Aug. 25. Photo: Sonny Abesamis/Creative Commons. The Berkeley Tuolumne Family Camp burned down t...
Berkeley Tuolumne Family Camp appears safe for now 24 Aug 2013 | 11:31 pm
The Berkeley-run Tuolumne Family Camp in more halcyon times. Photo: Sonny Abesamis/Creative Commons. While the Rim Fire in central California continues to rage out of control, the Berkeley Tuolomne F...
Best of Berkeleyside: This week’s most popular posts 24 Aug 2013 | 10:26 pm
The Rim fire has now spread into Yosemite and has consumed more than 125,000 acres. Photo: U.S. Forest Service Certainly the most worrisome and dramatic news this week is the Rim Fire, which has spre...
The Berkeley Wire: 08.23.13 24 Aug 2013 | 05:05 am
Inside at Ferry Point. Photo: Ron Rothbart MIT names Blum Center innovation director one of 35 innovators under 35 (Daily Cal) UC Berkeley law school dean Edley takes leave of absence (Diverse Educat...